Análise dos impactos técnicos e econômicos decorrentes da abertura do mercado de energia no Brasil

Abstract

The Brazilian electricity sector is going through the biggest reform in its structure since the 90’s, entitled “liberalization of the electricity market”, also popularly known as “electricity bill portability”. The electricity sector, currently based on the coexistence between free and regulatedmarkets, intend to become an entirely freemodel, inwhich every consumer, even residential consumer, could be able to, among other rights, negotiate electricity prices directly with energy providers. This reform in the current electricity industry causes many impacts in technology, infrastructure and political-economic to the sector. The technical, political and economic consequences are described and discussed, taking into consideration the legislative change currently in procedure, as well as the studies and contributions disclosed by the sector agents and representatives. In conclusion, a commenting section about the main impacts caused by this reform accompanied by the discussion about the truth behind the reasoning used as argumentation to defend the liberalization of the electricity sector. It’s expected that this paper can open up the discussion about this great reform in the Brazilian electricity industry, questioning about the methods for attesting its viability and next studies working on the strategies to mitigate the presumable reform consequences.